Thesaurus: marmalade
A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.
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- n. A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.
- n. a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
- A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.
- A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as thequince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought toa jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree(Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It haslarge obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to fiveinches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single largeseed. The fruit is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from itsconsistency and flavor.
- n:100 n. a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits